It's MORE Than A Meal

Welcome to IT'SMORE THAN A MEAL, an online nutrition resource for our colleagues (professionals, staff and volunteers) who provide essential services to older adults in adult day programs participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and similar settings. Not only do you have the unique opportunity to contribute to their nutritional well-being, you also provide needed support to their caregivers.

This resource will help you create and maintain a successful and efficient program while meeting the needs of older adults and their caregivers

Learn more about and share information on the following topics:

Nutrition basics

Special nutrition needs of older adults

Planning healthful meals and snacks

Culture and food

Crediting foods for CACFP reimbursement

Resources for adult day health programs

We commend you for your role in meeting the needs of older adults in your community and hope you find this website a worthwhile resource in providing this valuable service and care.

Developed for the Massachusetts Department of Education
Child and Adult Care Food Program by the University of Massachusetts Extension
Nutrition Education Program. Permission is hereby granted by the Massachusetts
Department of Education to copy any or all parts of this document
for non-commercial educational purposes. The Massachusetts
Department of Education, an Affirmative Action employer, is committed to
ensuring that all of its programs and facilities are accessible to all
members of the public. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, color,
disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.